Home-delivered meals for people with dementia: Which model delays nursing home placement? - Protocol for a feasibility pilot.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Home-delivered meals promote food security, socialization, and independence among homebound older adults. However, it is unclear which of the two predominant modes of meal delivery, daily-delivered vs. drop-shipped, frozen meals, promotes community living for homebound older adults with dementia. Our objective is to present the protocol for a pilot multisite, two-arm, pragmatic feasibility trial comparing the effect of two modes of meal delivery on nursing home placement among people with dementia. We include justifications for individual randomization with different consent processes and waivers for specific elements of the trial.

Methods

236 individuals with dementia on waiting lists at three Meals on Wheels programs' in Florida and Texas will be randomized to r

SUBMITTER: Thomas KS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9817376 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature